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Some Of the amuscments enjoyed by the
descendants of the water geuzen'' or
rather barous. and chief among them
stands the play Of ''Kat-knuppellen." 1t
is to be met with in the hamlets around
Amsterdam. Two poles about sixteen
feet high are placed twenty feet apart: a
new barrel has two holes bored into the
heads, and a rope is put through the holes
and attached to the top of the poles, al
lowing the barrel to swing about twelve
feet from the ground. Before placing
the barrel in this swinging position, Il liv,.
cat is put into it. Now the amusement
commences. Twenty OF thirty sturdy
beers pay the innkeeper-in front OF
whose hostelry the ''kat-knuppellen''
takes place-a certain entry fee, gcner-
ally five Dutch cents. They take their
position about fifty feet from the swing
ing barrel, armed with clubs shaped
something like an American base ball i'm
plenlent; every man draws a number, and
then proceeds according to Enumeration to
sling his club at the barrel. The man
who hits the barrel with such force as to
break it and allow the imprisoned cat 10
escape receives half the money paid by
the participants, and the one who throws
the club with II strength sufficient to
cause the last piece of wood to fall from
the rope is paid half of the remaining
money. the rest going to the tavern
keeper. The terrified cries of the i'm
prisoned cat before escape is possible can
better be imagined than described, and
provides unlimited enjoyment for the
hundreds Of spectators. Amsterdam Let
ter
, 1887-02-17

The invariable dress of every Parsee is
a tall black cap, fully fifteen inches high,
made of p%asteboard and covered gener-
ally with waxed cloth; it narrows toward
the top, WHICH looks us if it were cut off.
The long gsay dress is always exactly of
the same make. Even the shirt must be
of II certain cut, with nine seams. and
folded on the breast. Over this is worn
II girdle, without which no Parsee must
ever appear in public, save during prayer.
when it is removed. 1t il said that no
agreement or contract is valid il either
party to the bargain was without the CIR
die ut the time. 1t is solemnly assumed
when II boy attains his 9TH year. up to
which age children are allowed much
freedom. Thenceforth. however. the
boy becomes a responsible being, and at
the same age the damsel ma
the cares of housekeeping Macmillan's
Magazine.
, 1887-02-17
A SUGGESTION WORTH NEEDING

No one that has Travelled through the
man. beautiful valleys of Wyoming
doubts that they will some day be densely
inhabited and closely cultivated. while at
present they are but the temporary stop
ping places Of the cowboys who, at most,
only cut a few tons OF hay, where thou
sands Of bushels of grain should be pro-
duced. These valleys are now manly
owned and ocerpied by our big cattle com
panles. who malntain somewhat expensive
esta blishr,ents at various convenient
points. II Ase companies employ a super
intendenr or foreman and several herders
at each OF the ranches they'll maintain.
and the men are employed in riding the
ranges where the cattle are supposed to
be. Beyond The ARE of the stock and the
putting up OF hay the employees of the
cattle companies are OF little
service. As a rule the cowmen
are not farmers. nor are they
hired to do a farm laborer work. They
are cowboys and take care of the stock.
If farm work is to be done, Others have to
be engaged for that purpose. Hence the
cattle companies have heretofore failed to
take advantage Of the situation and to
institute a system OF farming which, II
persisted in, would %inaugurate IN era Of
renewed prosperity for our territory. 10
bring this about we suggest to our great
land and cattle companies a change Of
policy-advertise your lands for sale to
small farmers, in twenty or forty acre lots,
and let the world know that small colonies
Of fifty or a hundred families can secure
good homes, nne, productive land and a
good livelihood at a small cost. In a few
years such a public announcement would
bring to our borders thousands of thrifty
tollers with their families and household
goods, live stock and other accumulated
properly. In the valley of the Chng-
water. sioue' bemesteads Tor several hun-
died fanahesr coud easily be found. Land
IN thus valley could be sold to colonies at
80 per acre, this cost TO cover the use oil
, 1887-02-17

A Mexican would not know how to
live without his blanket, which is at once
his cloak by day and his bed clothing by
night, 30 that he is prepared wherever
darkness may overtake him. OF course
the winter nights are cold, but in the
summer time, under the bright starry
heavens, the blanket makes a good enough
bed. The Mexican carts are certainly
objects of n good deal of curiosity. the
wheels being in some instances made of
solid blocks of wood, which have been
chopped out with an AK. The bodies of
these carts are rudely formed, but when
uprights are properly placed, and a good
covering is thrown over, they are quite
comfortable. The people carry their pro
visions along when travelling, and with II
key of water are able to cook their meals
almost any place along the road. They
can do with very little, and are frugal
beyond any conception. chihuahua.
Tex, Cor. Chicago Times.
, 1887-02-17

In 1922 Kenmore Cooper wrote. while
visiting Paris. the following remarks on
French physiognoiny, and the article in
which they appeared has just been ex-
humed and printed in the Paris journals:
The French face rarely expresses inno-
ccnce iii its perfect purity. Even in child
hood there il a nameless something which
indicates that its celestial soul has come
down to inhabit the earth. In the young
girl of the Gauls you never perceive my
thing other than a modest. amiable.
spiritual and an attractive woman But
sometimes you may see the angel re-
vealed in the features of a young English
maiden. | make no allusion to education
nor 10 religious sentiments, quite general
enough, in their respective forms. es-
pecially among young people of good
family, here rs well as anywhere else.
Tic main difference ON this point is that
IN America it is religion which is meta
physics, while in French it is incred-
ulity. ~ New York Star.
, 1887-02-17
HAVE you


Have you forgot that long gone summer day;
The clear, blue sky with scarce a cloud o'er
head;
ia riarry children shouting at their play,
l-r guarded old ash; the sweet sweet words you
said
Have you forgotr
Have you forgot what bliss it was to love,
To utter VOWS time never has undone,
ilor all the day We hand In hand dii rove
And when twas ended wished 1t just b-gun-
Have you forgots
Have you forgot that glowing summer eve
The rose and oleander were in bloom
You stopped and kissed me as you took your
leave
And I blusbed rosy In the twilight gloom
Have you forgot
Hav, you forgot the bitter, bitter pain,
The dull despair. the heavy, aching heart
When we werc parted not no meet again,
And worse than distance kept us far apart
Have you forgott
And now. when twilight trembles through the
skies,
| sit and muse on all the words YOU said,
The love that glowed within your grave, calm
eyes,
And wonder can thai strong deep love be- dead
And | forgot.
Mary Saunders lockwood.
, 1887-02-17

Trade Schools and the Mechanical Arts.
The apprentice learns his trade by
what he can see or by what advice the
foreman or j%ourneyman is good natured
enough to give him. 1t is a system of
chance that does not count for much in
the long run. The remedy for this evil is
to be found in the trade schools, where
the boy is to be taught before it is sought
to make any money through him. Pro
fessional men learn their professions at
their own expense and are the better for
it; 30 it will be with the mechanic. No
modification of the old apprentice law is
desirable. In these schools the lad learns
to use the tools and signs of the trade.
then he goes to the shop as an apprentice,
where speed is acquired, and becomes a
mechanic. Trade schools nave become a
necessity in the competition between n a
tons in Europe. They have become
popular, and experience shows how rap
idly boys learn in them. By the last
censu there were 90. 900 mechanics in
the building trade in New York; of these
less than IS, 900 were of American birth,
and but small portion were born in New
York. building.
, 1887-02-17
4 nanl PRESIDENT. Modes, Lunch.

A reporter the other day happened into
one of our most successful banks and
noticed the president, a man Of large
wealth and generous hospitality, eating a
cracker. 81 have always said the
banker, had a habit, almost an uncon-
scious one. of bringing a cracker or a bis
cult or some simple lunch with me from
the breakfast table to eat at the office.
II has become a custom with me to do
this and l have not deviated from it for
thirty years. l never care to eat much
at this hour and simply want a bite to
stay my stomach. l prefer to take it as
l care for it, rather than go out to Il res
taurant and get something that might
tempt me to eat too much. Another
thing that | nave made a rule of my life
has been never to touch any stimulant
during banking hours. You know am
II temperate man always, but / take a
glass Of wine at dinner. / have not per-
mitted myself to take u glass of ale or
wine at lunch or between breakfast and
dinner" These words from one OF the
most successful bankers that Albany has
even known convey a lesson to young
men VIII aspire to successful careers here
and elsewhere.-Albany Journal.
, 1887-02-17

Tennyson is lasting. His girls are all
OF golden hair. SO are his men, for that
matter. But we respect his cold, golden
haired girls. We don't love them. They
send a chill through you; yet it is Il re-
spectacle chill. They are girls that you
would like to have for sisters. He is the
poet who has evolved from icy respecta-
bility the girl of blonde hair, tall, gentle,
whom you a worship for nothingness
Of brain. but large, pale aristocracy OF
and you could go NJ of the
world in death without regret of her; but
you know that she could be trusted not to
violate the gentlest nicely of life. Such
n girl Tennyson has put into his poems,
Shakespeare created Miranda; Tennyson
has created the girl with the cold, golden
hair
, 1887-02-17

One of the strangest of religious sec.ss
is that which calls itself TIN. New and
Latter House of srae. Its headquarters
il in Chatham, England, in which town
temple which will cost $3.50, 600. They
believe that they will not die and that
they are the remnant of true lsraelites
who will reign with Christ for "a thou
sand years. Their founder was II man
named Jezriel. who is now dead. His
death was Il great shock to the believers,
but his wife claimed that it was an acct
dent and claimed herself to be his sue
cessor.-New York Tribune.
, 1887-02-17
TIE publication Of the correspondence

The publication Of the correspondence
between the British and American gov
ernments relative to the fisheries shows
that the British foreign Office treats the
Washington foreign Office with as much
respect as though We had stacks of 100
ton rifles and armor plates piled up. This
will be incomprehensible to most OF the
people who are lying awake nights be-
u we have no seacoast defenses, bn, it
Is nevertheless a fact.
, 1887-02-17

Between the Sphinx and the edge of
the Pyramid plateau Il vast space has
been cleared, thus bringing to view II fine
flight of steps some forty feet in width.
To tho right of the Sphinx a further ex-
cavation is III progress, the result of which
will probably confirm the surmiscs of
those who believe the Sphinx to stand i'll
the midst of a huge artificial amphithea-
tire hewn ~ of the solid rock. This gi-
gantic work would, of course. be con
temporaneous with the Sphinx itself,
which Marietta attributed to the mythic
ages before h advent of Mena, the first
king of the first dynasty London Stand
ard.
, 1887-02-17

There are few men who can repair "a
violin. 1t is a sort Of knack or talent
that comes natural, like music, and takes
long years of experience. The most that
are sold are bad-not worth taking q;t.. q
the sbops- L2nDfnm5 make good VIC
Inns. There are four large establishments
III this country turning out each several
dozen a day. | do not know what be-
comes of all the violins that are made,
but they seem to sell a. well us foreign
instruments. Globe Democrat.
, 1887-02-17

At Bubastis, called in Scripture Pibe-
seth. now Basta, the chief of worship
was Pasht, the goddess of fire, who Is
said to have transformed herself into Il
cat when the gods fled into Egypt. In
hor temple cats were kept as sacred ami
inala. and from her name. Pasht. II
word pussy is supposed to have been
LerlveI.INu snlnp Litam.
, 1887-02-17

Happiness is IA mosaic formed from
many small stones, and these are found
and set in beauty by the hand of love
love i'll little things. loving words. loving
acts, and u large part of this work is in
our time and the best should he spent.
Live this year for wife and husband and
children. and let selfish pleasure take IA
back seat. Keep unspoken the quick re-
tort. the fretful complaining, the angry
word, for life is too short for such cruel
blows, and then the scar never heals.
though you may bathe it with bitter
tears. - Rev. DIR. Kittredge.
, 1887-02-17

Miss Hurst. the original magnetic girl
of Georgia, who ~magnetized about $50
900 by giving exhibitions. has just drawn
a handsome young man to her side in
marriage. If our magnetic statesman
could get along as swimmingly as the
magnetic girls seem to do, he would have
less to complain Of.
, 1887-02-17

ACTING on the theory that mo mans
land, that portion of Indian Territory
lying north of the Texas Panhandle be
longs to nobody. a lot of adventures in
Kansas are preparing to settle there and
organize a new territory. to be called Gin.
arron." At about the time when this
brill ant tolame ilaD
execution il v u d
mani Inc l,ut
flstl, frlHo 'u,,
, 1887-02-17

Can anyone bring us a case of
or liver complaint kidney
will not speedily cur that Electric Bitters
not. as thousands e? We say they can
NIX ONN OF the good things OF this
1 life are sorrowfully let
alone on account of Dyspepsia. icker's
Dyspepsia Tablets will cure Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Constipation; sold on a
positive guarantee at 25 and 60 cents. by
, 1887-02-17

Is ANNOUNCING his new book Oh the
war, Col Mosby says that he will reveal a
fact as t. the battle of Gettysburg which
will startle the country like bombshell,
a sure sign that he has evidence going
to show that Meade did not win that fight.
, 1887-02-17

Mr. Valentine, Of Wells, Fargo q Co..
whose estimates OF the annual output OF
precious metals have been regarded as
very accurate. reports that the total
product of gold in the United States dur
ing 1886 vas SEQ, 561, 1874. and Of silver
So. lSd, s5i-an increase in gold of 81
lG1 66s. and in silver Of 1890. 952,
compared with the year 1885.
, 1887-02-17

FIX GOVERNOR BATE, of Tennessee.
United States senator elect, was at Bull
Run; was dangerously wounded at Shiloh,
had three horses killed under him at
C~hickamaIga, and was again wounded
and il now a poor man.
, 1887-02-17

Butter, except in Athens. is not known
III Greece. but in spring the milk Of
sheep or goats is boiled. allowed to sour.
then put into the skin of the goat pre-
pared for the purpose. Two men take
this. shake it back and forth, then pour
the milk into Il large wooden bowl. A
thick white foam of cream is formed;
this is sold as butter. Chicago Times.
, 1887-02-17

A LABOR man in the Wisconsin legis-
lature says his first choice for president in
1883 is Parsons, now of the Chicago Jail
He will have been been out Of the country
a little too long by hat time to be eligible.
, 1887-02-17

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always DO used for children teething. II
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
lays the pain. cures wind collie, and is the
best remedy for diarrhes. Twenty-Five
cents a bottle.
, 1887-02-17

%Tasmanians. in future, will he per
mlitted to vaccinate or not, as they please.
Following the example OF the mother
country. England. they enacted II com
pulsory vaccination law some years ago.
Resistance to it became to be so strong
that the house of assembly, toward the
close of last year, decided to revert to the
optional system. Herald of Health.
, 1887-02-17

ID. W. Morris, wholesale and retail
druggist. l39 Commercial street, Emporia,
Kan, Jan. 10, 1887. To CHAMBERLAIN
Il Co., Des Moines, Ia Gentlemen-In
sending to you the enclosed order Tor a
gross Of your Cough Remedy, allow me to
say that without any exception 1t is the
best selling goods now in the market. |
nave sold a great amount of it during the
past year to the citizens Of this place, and
have the first complaint to hear. 1t is the
best article to use for Group | ever sold,
being pleasant to take, which is an i'm
portant feature where children have to
take medicine. Sold by DIR. W. N. Hunt.
, 1887-02-17

Ur IN Montana and Dakota they make
no objection to the. -xaf1foad companies
putting STOVES in the cars.
, 1887-02-17

FRANCES CLEVELAND WHITNEY will
soon make her debut in Washington soci-
ETY. at a great christening ball.
, 1887-02-17

u. G. BAIRD and A. G. CAMpBELL). AT.
torneys-at-Law and Notaries Public, obey.
second floor, St;hbins & Post S bank block.
, 1887-02-17

REAL ESTATE. LOAN, AND LIVE
STOCK. Ferguson street, Cheyenne.
, 1887-02-17

Have you forgot that long gone summer day;
The clear, blue sky with scarce a cloud DER
hnalr rsIH
, 1887-02-17

In all its branches by W. ELLIOTT, on Eighteeutl
street. one door west OF the old stand. Singleion,
All kind of wagon work done first class.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-16

THE difficulty of passing the three
railroad tracks at the foot of First
street can only be safely overcome
by running the street roadway above
the tracks on a viaduct. The Sc
curity from accident by automatical
gates at each side of the track would
only be partial; besides it would be a
constant obstruction to travel com.
pelling it to wait for the raising and
lowering of the gates. The only prac.
ticable proposition before the people
is that made by the Atchison Com
pany to pay one third the cost OF an
elevated bridgeway. The cable cal
company will also pay third. This
would leave the city to provide fol
the balance. The entire cost is esti.
mated at $50, 900. We believe that
under the circumstances it would be
wise on the part of the city authori
ties to order the improvement. The
security of life and the safety o.
travel upon our crowded streets is o
far more importance than a few
thousand dollars saved by false ant
penurious economy. As we have
heard OF no reasonable opposition t.
the erection of this bridgeway, w
would urge the city fathers to have
the work commenced and finished a
the earliest moment possible.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-16

GENERAL j. c. BLACK, the Commits
sioner of Pensions, had grand re-
ception in Springfield, ILL.,, last Mon
day evening. Over five thousand
people, including the Senators and
Representatives of the Illinois Legis-
lature, greeted him in the Leland
Hotel. In the course of very happy
after-dinner address, he was inter-
rupted by a man in the audience who
asked, "How about Cleve)and's veto
OF the Pension bills?" He turned
towards the interlocutor and made a
speech bristling with truths on a
subject which has just been promi-
nently brought before the people by
the mean and churlish conduct of the
Des Moines Posts towards President
Cleveland. As his remarks are time
ly and germane to the issue, we give
them at length;
He said that the President had
been content to execute the law. The
public moneys of the nation were
going where the most good was to be
accomplished. The pension system
OF the United States was more than
century old. Before the father of the
oldest one present was born the gov
eminent had commenced to care for
those who had become disabled in
the service of the country. The rule
had been that there must be a dis
ablement in the service of the country
to entitle any one to awards from the
public treasury. The people had ever
held to that test, and had never indi-
Gated desire to go beyond it. Only
those who had been wounded in the
service OF the country should be PEN
stoned, but the Republic had jealously
cared for these. Since the morning
stars sang together there had not been
a nation under the sun that had been
as true to those who fought its battles
as the United States. But those who
had passed through the war unscathed
had no claims upon the public treas
ury until the public so declared which
they had not yet done. Ii the Amer
ican people became convinced that
their generosity was being abused,
they would revolt To-day the PEN
sion was badge of honor; tomorrow
it might mean nothing or dishonor, if
those who had not feared death and
helped to carry victory in the face OF
foes were to be placed on an equality
with those who had never staked
their lives for the flag. The people
would revolt and close the doors of
the treasury against snch a PROPOSE
ton. There were over 400, 900 persons
now borne upon the pension rolls.
The dying were being replaced by
the unfortunate, and 30 long as law
and evidence continued, the great
office of which the speaker was now
the head would continue to disburse
the munificence OF the American
people.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-16
r...Al Citx nrninaee.

The Council has tentatively out
lined a plan Of sewerags which, II
carried out, will give us a very COM
plete system within the city limits.
II is on the general principle OF lay
ing a number of main sewers length
wise of the city along the streets
that form Tie cardinal lines OF the
natural drainage trends OF the CITY,
Lateral sewers leading into these
and the whole system ultimately
uniting into one grand outlet at the
southwestern boundary OF the city,
would seem to be the plan which
recomends itself to the authorities.
We are not prepared to say
that this is not the pest
scheme for permanent system that
could be applied to the city within its
limits. 1t certainly seems to en-
brace, and bring into conjunction,
every arterial and lateral street, and
unity the whole sewerage system
as far as the topography OF our city
will admit. The next point to settle
in this important problem, is the dis
position of the sewage beyond our
boundary line. 1t will not do to carry
our wastage to the verge of the city,
and then let it take care Of itself. We
must either carry it in a substantial
conduit to the ocean, or effect some
satisfactory arrangement with private
parties to utilize it on the lands be-
tween this city and the sea. In any
event, provision would have to be
made to carry the sewage to the
ocean during a portion OF the season
for during the wet months the lands
would not require it, and to let it flow
when not utilized, over the outside
country would be nuisance
which the courts would per-
emptorily abate. But there is a
possible way out OF this dilemma
one which would enure to the benefit
of the municipality, and bring into
the highest state of cultivation a
class of lands, Lying between the city
and the ocean that are now but OF
little value. A company that would
secure an ample tract OF these lands
could afford to make it to the inter-
est of the city to deliver its sewage
upon them. The value OF these
lands would be SO greatly enhanced
by the fertilization thus secured that
their owners could afford to pay
us we'll for our liquid wastage and
carry it, during the wet season, clear
to the ocean. This would at once
give us the relief we need, pay us for
the rich fertilizer we would deliver to
the outside lands, settle up those
lands with a large and thrifty farm
ing population, and relieve us of the
cost of building a sewer beyond the
place where we would deliver its
contents. There are practical possi-
bilities in these suggestions which
should engage the serious thought OF
our people. Our sewage is valuable,
and If We treat this subject in busi-
ness way ,our sewerage system instead
of costing us an immense expend-
iture Of money, will in the end prove
a source of profit to the city.